William Knoedelseder (born 1947) is an American author, former Los Angeles Times business writer, television producer and news executive.
William Knoedelseder
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| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, business writer, tv producer, news executive |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Subject | Entertainment, business |
| Notable works | Stiffed Bitter Brew |
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Knoedelseder, who is from St. Louis, Missouri,[1] graduated with a bachelor of arts in English literature[2] from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.[3]
Knoedelseder was a reporter from 1977 to 1989 for the Los Angeles Times. He also produced news for Knight Ridder, Fox and the USA Network.[4]
His articles in the 1980s into corrupt practices in the record business formed the basis for his book Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business and the Mafia.[5]
In 2012, his book Bitter Brew, which spans five generations of the Busch family and the foreign takeover of Anheuser-Busch, made New York Times Bestseller list.[6] It revealed new information about August Busch IV.[7] In 2019, CBS Television Studios acquired the option to make it into a cable TV series produced by Jeffrey Kramer.[8]
Knoedelseder executive produced two television documentaries – Something's Got to Give, a 1990 two-hour special for Fox about Marilyn Monroe,[9] and All the Presidents’ Movies,[10] a three-hour 2003 special for Bravo that described the viewing habits of modern U.S. presidents.
Knoedelseder worked as a television producer and executive creating news programs and documentaries for Fox, Disney, Knight-Ridder, Bravo and USA Broadcasting. As vice president of news at USA, he oversaw the launch of a nightly news program on WAMI-TV in Miami titled "The Times."[11] Miami New Times named it "Best Newscast in South Florida.”